The Observer's faces of 2011 + Sarah Burton | The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/series/the-observers-faces-of-2011+fashion/sarah-burton
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Sarah Burton: 'The McQueen team is like family'http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2011/dec/18/sarah-burton-faces-2011-royal-wedding
The designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress has emerged as a household name after years as Alexander McQueen's right-hand woman<p>It's been a year of triumphs for Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, who from the shadows of working for the late designer has this year become a household name. Burton not only designed the most talked-about dress of the year, the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress, but this month picked up the designer of the year award at the British Fashion Awards. And let's not forget the not-so-small matter of the &quot;Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty&quot; retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The show was universally applauded and attracted a record attendance in the history of the museum's costume institute: more than half a million visitors. Burton had been at McQueen's right hand for 13 years before the designer killed himself in February 2010. The exhibition was also a tribute to Burton's extraordinary talent, and the very passionate McQueen team.</p><p>&quot;It's been an amazing year,&quot; says Burton in her soft Cheshire-tinged accent from the McQueen HQ in Clerkenwell, London. She joined McQueen straight out of Central Saint Martins: the first question Lee asked her, with his characteristic wit and cheek, was &quot;Do you believe in UFOs?&quot;.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2011/dec/18/sarah-burton-faces-2011-royal-wedding">Continue reading...</a>Sarah BurtonThe Duchess of CambridgeRoyal weddingAlexander McQueenSun, 18 Dec 2011 00:05:36 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2011/dec/18/sarah-burton-faces-2011-royal-weddingDavid Burton/APSarah Burton, designer of Kate Middleton's dress Photograph: David Burton/APDavid Burton/APSarah Burton, designer of Kate Middleton's dress Photograph: David Burton/APHarriet Quick2011-12-18T00:05:36Z